Squeegee mop



June 7, 1932. H. HERTZBERG SQUEEGEE MOP Filed Sept. 5, 1929 1N ENTQR.

ATTORNEY Patented June 7, 1932 UNITED STATES Pn'rlazlvr ermee HARRY HERTZBERG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HERTZBERG PATENTS N INC., F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OEVNEW YORK seminars Mor Application filed September 5, 1929.l Serial No. 390,609.

This invention relates to wet mops and more particularly to that type of such Imops which are intended for cleaning oors and provided with means to wring water out of invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination of elements and arrangements of parts which will be more fully described in these specifications and finally pointed out in the appended claims.

' The invention isshown in the accompanying drawing which forms a material part of these specifications and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation of my squeegee mop with mop' cords stretched and Y, the squeegee plate in operating position.

Fig. 2 Vis a perspective elevation .of the same mop in collapsed position for mopping a Hoor or the like. l

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same mop in collapsed position when in use for simultaneous use of squeegee and mop.

Fig.V 4 is a plan of the mop head in the position of Fig. 3, the 'arrows' indicate the iiow of water to the mop material when the mop is pushed forward.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the mop when stretched and twisted for wringing water from the mop material.

Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation of the mop head partly in section on line 6 6 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 7 is a detail front elevation of the mop head, partly in section on line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 isa detail side elevation similar to Fig. 6 is a mop head provided with a modified squeegee, and a different arrangement of the mop material.

Fig 9 is a sectional plan of the squeegee plate on line 9`9 of Fig. 7.

Referring to the drawing, my squeegee mop consists of a mop stick 11 on which is fastened near its middle portion a hand grip 11a. To

the lower end of mop stick 11 a mop head is fastened, which consists of a metallic rod 12 bent into a T shaped yoke. The horizontal bar of the T` forms fiat loop and the vertical end portions, lying side by side close to each other, form a stem 12a. (See Fig. 7). The stem 12a is held within an axial aperture in the lower end of mop stick 11 which is preferably capped by .a ferrule 13.

The mop material consists preferably of i rope-like strands 20 which arel threaded through the opening of the loop 12 to lie side by side of each other. The mop strands are preferably folded upon themselves .at their middle portion and around the upper bar 120 of loop 12. They extend upward along mop stick 1l and their free ends are' tied by tie wires k14 to a tubular, preferably wooden sleeve 15 which is mounted to slide on mop stick 10 and isvv provided with encircling groovesl into which the mop strands 20 are pressed by meansof tie wires 14.

The mop stick 11 carries below the handgrip 11a the U-shaped wire spring 16 which has one leg rigidly driven into the mop stick, while the other leg is loosely mounted to move transversely in an aperture of mop stick 11.

The curvedportion of spring 16 which eX- tends lengthwise of mop stick 11 engages the inner face of tubular sleeve 15 and holds this sleeve tied to mop vstick 1l by friction when tFhe mop material is stretched as shown in ig. 1. The loop 12 at the lower end of the mop carries below 'the mop cords 20 which pass therethrough a rectangular squeegee plate 21 of pliable material, preferably rubber. The rounded end portions of loop 12 pass through apertures in plate 21 and the horizontal bar 12b of loop 12 presses this plate tightly against the mop strands 2O and the parallel upper loop portion 12o. Squeegee plate 21 is considerably thicker transversely in its middle portion and chamfered down towards its longitudinal edges as shown in Fig. 6. This constructionmakes'the plate glide smoothly on a floorand avoids shattering in operation. In Fig. 8 I havev shown a modified form of squeegee which is fastened in the above described manner to yoke 12 and consists of a length of rubber tubing or hose pressed flat by the bars 12b and 120 between which it is clamped.

In this modified form all mop strands eX- tend upward along only one side of mop stick 11, they are threaded through the looped yoke 12 and are clamped between bars 12b and 120 but are cut oli close to these bars and their ends unravelled so that they form a soft brush abovethe squeegee platea The operation of my squeegeemopis made clear by the different positions illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5. In Fig. 1 the device is shown' when arranged solely for squeegee operation.i In this case the mop strands are stretched fan shape along the sides of mop stick 11 and held in that positionbyfmeansjof the frictional engagement of spring 16 with sleeve 15.

In Fig.12-the device is shown in use for mopping a iloor. In this lcase the squeegee plate isl enveloped by the mopmaterial. The rubber plate Within the mopV material distributes the lapplied pressure resiliently over a greater floor area than in ordinary mops which improves thel mop action considerably.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the 'device is shown when infuse for usingfsqueeoee and mop simultaneously. Plate 21 puel-lies the water on the floor ahead of it and the mop material absorbs it, particularly beyond the ends of plate 21 where the mop is wider than the plate as indicated lby arrows a-a in Fig. 4. The mop may also be reversed Yonthe floor so that` the stick 11 assumes the direction Vshown in Fig. 2,,then-the mop material is in frontof the plate-'21 and is pushed ahead of it absorbing water before it reaches the squeegee plate and byy reaction therefrom.

Fig. 5 shows the device in position for wringing. For this purpose the mop cords are twisted about each other'and about mop stick 11 by turning the sleeve 15 on the mop stick.

From the above description itwill appear clearly that my squeegee` mop is very usefulE and efficient device which reduces the labor of cleaning floors ver-y considerably and by the combined action of mop and squeegee does the work more thoroughly than when they are used individually.

The mechanical construction of the mop isof such simple nature that this improved device can be made and sold for a very reasonable` price whichin itself constitutes an advancement of the art. However, while a preferred and a modified construction of' the invention has been described herein, it shall be understood that other modifications may be made in the design and arrangement of parts and inthe construction of minor details as may come within the scope and spirit of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention' what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with a mop stick of a tubular sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted thereon, of a yoke at the lower end of said stick, comprising a bar forming a loop having parallel portions and a longitudinally divided stem thereon, having together the shape of a T, mop material havingone end clamped between the parallel portions of said yoke within said loop, the other end being fastened to said sleeve the looped portion-of said'bar providing -means for spreading said mop material into a flat layer close to the lower end of said mop stick and extending upwardly therefrom to form a layer of mop material on said sleeve.

2. The combination vwith a mop stick-having. a tubular sleeve slidably mounted thereon of a rigidfyoke at the lower Aend xof said stick consisting 'of a bar, shaped vtoiform a loop having parallel straight sides transversely to said mop stick, mop material passing through saidloop clampedthereby into a lat layer, at one end .and having its opposite end fastened to said sleeve Vand yielding meansk on said mop stick spaced from said yoke engaging said sleeve by friction and holding said mop material in stretchedposition.

3. Ar mep comprising, a mop handle, a flexible squeegee plate fixed to the endof said handle, `said squeegee plate having parallel working. edges at-opposte sides ofsaidzhandle, and mop material having a portion thereof interposed between' said squeegee plate and theiend of said mop-handle.

4. A mop comprising, a-mop handle, aL flexible squeegee platek fixedfto the end of said handle, and mop Amateria-l interposed between said squeegee plate andthe end of said mop handle, and; wringingmeans, to-vvhich said mop material isattached, joined to said handle.

5. A mop comprising, a mop handle and mop material thereon, a-yoke at the lower end of said handle, a flexible squeegee plate lheld thereby,.one end of saidmop material being fastenedtosaid yoke, and a tubular sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted on said handle having the other end of saidmop material fastened thereto, said sleeve forming means for wringing said mop material.

6. A mop comprising, a mop handle, a squeegee plate, stilfening means for said plate fastening it to one end of said handle, a sleeve slidably mounted on said handle, and mopl material having one end thereof secured to saidsleeve and the other end secured tothe end' of said handle at said squeegee plate.

7. In a mop handle, a supporting mea-ns attached to one end of said handle havingportions perpendicular to said handle, a flexible plate held by said supporting means, a sleeve slidably mounted on said handle, mop material having one end secured to said' supporting means and its other end fastened to said sleeve, for alternately stretching said mop material along said handle and to place it upon said flexible plate.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this 30th day of August, A. D. 1929.

HARRY HERTZBERG. 

